Hi folks, a couple of days ago @Dani, Mapo Tapo's co-founder, has sent you an email regarding the recent changes happening in Mapo Tapo:

• we launched new outdoor sports 🧗‍♀️🥾🎿🏔
• we added many more trips worldwide 🌎
• we shut down our old platform and built a new one from scratch 💻

Along with this big upgrades, we also decided to focus all our communications on what we do best: ✨ take you climbing, hiking and skiing to amazing destinations around the world. 

That is why we are starting this newsletter. 📅 Bi-weekly, I will introduce you to all the best climbing, hiking, and skiing destinations and give you a little "behind the curtains" of Mapo Tapo.

I hope you enjoy it and get inspired for your next expedition! 🤠🙏

Cheers,

Sofi

Mapo Tapo Newsletter #1

Mallorca is a sun-kissed paradise with over 300 days of sunshine annually. This island is not just the perfect place for beach lounging but offers hundreds of outdoor sports adventures.

The Mallorca climbing scene became notorious in 2005 when Chris Sharma pioneered the Deep Water Solo (DWS) route of Es Pontas, speculated to be graded at 9a+ that only counts two repetitions as of 2024.

That looks quite hard. But don’t worry, Mallorca offers something for every climber. Most of the climbing consists of single-pitch routes, with an abundance of both easy and harder climbs.

From slabby walls overhangs to juggy tufas, roofs, and cracks. Mallorca really is a climbing dream island!

Here is the list of the best climbing areas we selected in Mallorca:

• Sa gubia (Southwest): It is Mallorca’s largest crag and offer numerous multi-pitch options as well.
• Fraguel (Southwest): know for its concentration of high-quality difficult routes.
• La Creveta (Northwest): located near Mallorca’s tallest mountain range.
• Eastern Mallorca: Although this side of the island it is the main hub for Deep Water Soloing, with many of its prime spots located in idyllic bays.

• 🌸 Travel in spring. Nice temperatures and dry conditions, this is the prime climbing season. Summer is too hot and Autumn bring storms and tourists.
• 🧗‍♀️Bringing a 60m rope is essential, a 70m rope is even better. Also bring 16 to 18 quickdraws. 
• 📅 Spend at least 4 days in Mallorca if you want to practice outdoor sports
• 🚗 Careful to car rentals, they can ask deposits up to €1000
• Other tha Google Maps you can use MobiPalma app for checking the island’s public transportation
• 🔌 If you are traveling from outside Europe bring F plugs to recharge your devices.
• 💸 Cash is king. Lots of small local business only accept cash. Make sure to bring some!

Mallorca also offers a significant mountain range with over 5 peaks rising above 1,000 meters. The Serra de Tramuntana range is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it stretches along the northwest coast, making Mallorca the perfect place for hikers.

You can hike in Mallorca all year-round. However, make sure to avoid intense heat in July and August.

Here the list of our favorite hiking itineraries in Mallorca:

• 😍 Camí de Cala Bóquer:
  • No experience required
  • Light fitness level
  • Elevation gain: 200 meters
  • Distance: 6 kilometers round trip
  • Estimated time: 2-3h
• 😎 Archduke’s Trail:
  • For hikers with intermediate experience
  • Medium fitness level
  • Elevation gain: 1000 meters
  • Distance: 13 kilometers round trip, the trail is well-marked but traverses rugged and rocky terrain.
  • Estimated time: 5-7h
• 💪 GR221 or “La Ruta de Pedra en Sec”:
  • For hikers with advanced experience
  • Intense fitness level
  • Elevation gain: 3000 meters
  • Distance: approximately 140 kilometers from end to end.
  • Estimated Time: 8-10 days. However, you can decide to only hike parts of the trail instead of the whole one.

Here is a little breakdown of what could be the costs of traveling to Mallorca for 4-days for climbing or hiking:

• 🛌 Accommodation: €35-€100 per night.
• 🚗 Transportation: including a rental car for the entire duration at approximately €200 plus an estimated €100 for fuel.
• 🛶 Boat rental for Deep Water Soloing: the cost for 2 days rental is €300-€400
• 🧗‍♀️ Climbing guide and gear hire: For those needing guidance or equipment, hiring a local rock-climbing instructor for four days can cost between €400-€600, while renting sport-climbing gear for three days may add €90-€150 to your budget.

Mapo Tapo offers a 5-day Mallorca Climbing Dream Island package at €750. In the trip we include:

• 🛌 accommodation and breakfast
• 🚌 local transportation and airport transfer
• 🧗‍♀️ Guided climbing activities. Both sport climbing and DWS.
• 🛠 Equipment rental.
• 👫 A group of new international friends.

If you got curious about climbing or hiking in Mallorca, make sure to check the destination guide on the Mapo Tapo blog 🗞😍.

✨ If you'd love to start planning your next adventure, we are here for you, just let us know 🥰👇

In September 2023 we faced a big problem:

• the Mapo Tapo website was super slow. 40 seconds to load a page 🤯🥶
• the user experience on the website was weird and confused 🥴
• our travelers and guides were not able to manage their trips on their personal area 😠

That is when we decided to build a new platform from scratch. Not an easy job and we could not have done it without our CTO & tech wizard, @Alfre.🧙‍♂️

Three months after, we launched the new platform in December 2023 and @Alfre 🧙‍♂️ is ready to bet that you will not find a single page loading in more than 1 second 🤩.

Moreover, the website experience is super simple. If you want to book a trip you can get to checkout in 3 clicks:

• one click to pick your favorite sport
• the second click to pick your favorite trip
• the third click to choose your favorite departure and start the checkout
• 🎁 Bonus: you can also see all departures in a calendar view

Even though the new platform is super cool, we still have a long way to go and we will keep you posted about new features in the next newsletters!

Discover Mapo Tapo through our travelers' eyes! In each newsletter, we'll be featuring a selection of our favorite snapshots taken during our trips worldwide.👇 Here's what you missed during our recent trips in 🇪🇸 Mallorca and 🇮🇹 Finale Ligure.

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